Summary:
Wayland, Massachusetts is home to 5 public schools — 3 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high school — with a combined enrollment of 2,649 students. The Wayland district ranks #9 of 351 Massachusetts districts, placing it at the 97th percentile with 5 stars. Every school in the data set scores in at least the 91st percentile statewide, so families here are choosing among consistently high-performing options rather than deciding whether a school is "good."
The standouts are Wayland Middle School and Wayland High School. The middle school ranks #9 of 478 statewide (98th percentile) and has been a top-10 middle school in each of the last three rank years, including #3 of 484 in 2024-25; its all-grade proficiency was 74.89% ELA, 80.40% math, 78.49% science, and 81.53% civics. The high school ranks #12 of 353 (97th percentile), with 10th-grade results of 74.74% ELA, 83.33% math, 82.61% science, and 80.48% biology, plus a 97.7% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate. Among the elementary schools, Happy Hollow School ranks highest at #25 of 899 (97th percentile), followed by Loker School at #35 of 899 (96th percentile), whose 4th-grade math reached 87.10%.
Claypit Hill School is the relative laggard, ranking #78 of 899 (91st percentile) and scoring below district averages in all three core subjects in both years — but it improved from 4 to 5 stars and from the 87th to 91st percentile. Across the district, ELA is consistently the lowest core subject, though still far above state levels (state all-grade ELA is 40.03%). Spending and student-teacher ratios show no simple relationship with outcomes: Loker spends the least ($18,271 per student) and has the highest ratio (12.4) yet ranks near the top. Note that spending data is from 2020-21, and free/reduced-lunch percentages are blank for every school — unknown, not zero — so socioeconomic comparisons aren't possible.
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